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How can policymakers and researchers develop effective insect resistance management guidelines? A quantitative and qualitative study of Brazilian farmers' perspectives and attitudes

open access: yesPLANTS, PEOPLE, PLANET, Volume 5, Issue 5, Page 722-735, September 2023., 2023
Today, over 80% of the US and Brazil row crop acreage has plants expressing insecticidal proteins to prevent the damage caused by caterpillars. These plants (crops expressing Bacillus thuringiensis, Bt, toxins) have brought several benefits to farmers, the environment, and society.
Daniela Pezzini   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Quality of government and economic growth at the municipal level: Evidence from Spain

open access: yesJournal of Regional Science, Volume 62, Issue 1, Page 96-124, January 2022., 2022
Abstract This paper analyzes the relationship between government efficiency—an important dimension of quality of government—and economic growth at the municipal level in 1,820 Spanish municipalities during the period 2008–2015. At this level of disaggregation, the literature is virtually nonexistent due to severe data constraints.
Maria Teresa Balaguer‐Coll   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Uma proposta de avaliação de desempenho para os sistemas de transporte rodoviário interurbano de passageiros [PDF]

open access: yes, 2012
O transporte rodoviário interurbano de passageiros é caracterizado pelo deslocamento de pessoas, por rodovia, entre duas cidades e/ou núcleos urbanos.
Antunes, Ricardo Timoteo   +4 more
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A construção social da qualidade da farinha de mandioca em comunidades rurais na Amazónia paraense [PDF]

open access: yes, 2015
A farinha de mandioca é um produto agrícola muito apreciado no Pará e tem sua qualidade definida poruma diversidade de representações e práticas de agricultores, comerciantes e consumidores.
de Sousa, Fagner Freires, Piraux, Marc
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Few certainties and many doubts: law after financial crisis [PDF]

open access: yes, 2009
O trabalho tem por objetivo avaliar o impacto da crise financeira de 2008 sobre a arquitetura funcional do direito, o arcabouço institucional dos mercados e a estruturação jurídica da ordem econômica mundial. o trabalho apresenta cinco cenários possíveis
FARIA, José Eduardo
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Legalidade e a regulação pelas agências no direito brasileiro [PDF]

open access: yes, 2007
Discorre sobre a regulação e a legalidade pelas agências no direito brasileiro. Estuda o desenvolvimento das agências reguladoras e a legalidade da edição de atos normativos.
Cavalcanti, Artur Osmar Novaes Bezerra
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Managing Risk, Reinforcing Environmental Racism: The Biopolitics of Pesticide Regulation in California Agriculture

open access: yesReview of Policy Research, Volume 42, Issue 6, Page 1509-1524, November 2025.
ABSTRACT This paper provides a retrospective on California's oversight of 1,3‐dichloropropene (1,3‐D). It utilizes archival documents, including internal memos, emails, and risk assessments, to demonstrate how the state's Department of Pesticide Regulation consistently expanded allowable 1,3‐D use while presenting each policy change as scientifically ...
Kaitlyn Alvarez Noli
wiley   +1 more source

Accountability e controlo social [PDF]

open access: yes, 2011
Comunicação apresentada no 8º Congresso Nacional de Administração Pública – Desafios e Soluções, em Carcavelos de 21 a 22 de Novembro de 2011.Este artigo é uma reflexão sobre a nova fase da administração pública brasileira após as reformas da década de ...
Silva, Celso Fraga da
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Empowered but Challenged: The Impact of Task Expansion on Data Protection Authorities

open access: yesPolicy &Internet, Volume 17, Issue 1, March 2025.
ABSTRACT In the wake of digitalization, and even more since the European General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) came into effect in 2018, data protection authorities (DPAs) across Europe have gained significant power, establishing themselves as increasingly influential politico‐administrative actors with the potential to shape regulation and ...
Martino Maggetti   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Public trust in regulatory agencies and support for policies on agricultural gene drive

open access: yesReview of Policy Research, Volume 42, Issue 1, Page 29-49, January 2025.
Abstract Public trust in government agencies plays an important role in the formation of public opinion about public policy issues. However, the association between public trust in regulatory agencies and public support for policy development in emergent biotechnologies such as gene drive is not well understood.
Leah W. Buchman   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

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